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Survey Reveals: The 16 Worst Valentine’s Day Gifts Ever Received
Well, you can’t make this stuff up! Today on the blog, we reveal the worst Valentine’s Day gifts ever received. All these responses are real and were submitted by Plenty of Fish users in the US via a Valentine’s Day survey conducted just last week. Now, I have taken it upon myself to rank each […]
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Survey Reveals: The 16 Worst Valentine’s Day Gifts Ever Received
South Dakota House of Representatives Passes Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Bill
HRC responded to the news that the South Dakota House of Representatives has passed HB 1108, which effectively bars instructors who teach grades K-7 in the state’s public schools from instructing students on gender identity or gender expression. This bill would prevent teachers from being able to acknowledge the transgender identity of people they are teaching about as well as prevent them from being able to support students who identify as transgender. This legislation is one of several bills introduced in South Dakota this session that directly targets transgender and gender non-conforming South Dakotans.
“The intent of this legislation is clearly to discriminate against transgender and gender non-conforming South Dakotans,” said Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel at the Human Rights Campaign. “If HB 1108 were to become law, it would send a strong message to LGBTQ youth that they are less than their peers. South Dakota was the first state to introduce anti-transgender legislation that would bar trans kids from accessing facilities consistent with their gender identity, and it seems intent on being on the forefront of discrimination yet again, at the risk being out of step with the rest of the country. We implore the Senate to vote against this harmful legislation.”
“The ACLU of South Dakota is disappointed that South Dakota’s representatives voted to pass House Bill 1108,” said Libby Skarin, policy director for the ACLU of South Dakota. “It is this type of hostility toward young transgender people from adult leaders that contributes to the high rates of depression and even suicide among transgender young people in our state. But the fight is not over. Our commitment to ensuring that transgender South Dakotans can live openly without discrimination remains strong and urges South Dakota lawmakers to stop hurting transgender youth.”
Earlier this legislative session, lawmakers in South Dakota introduced another anti-transgender bill, SB 49, which would deny transgender student-athletes from participating in school-sanctioned sports based on their gender identity. While that bill was tabled, a similar bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives. In 2016, South Dakota became the first state to introduce and pass anti-transgender legislation aimed at facility access, before the governor vetoed the measure.
Gus Kenworthy shuts down Twitter hater in epic takedown
The Olympic silver medalist defended his athletic achievements to a Twitter user who shamed him for coming out.
Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson Tells Ruben Diaz Sr. He Should Resign For Homophobic Remarks
Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson had already demanded an apology after Ruben Diaz Sr., a longtime homophobe and anti-equality activist, attacked Johnson for being gay and claimed that the City Council is “controlled by the homosexual community.”
Diaz told a Spanish-language radio show over the weekend: “When I get to the City Council, I find that the City Council is controlled — most council members out of 51 council members — over there, everybody is controlled by the homosexual community.” Diaz also told the show that Johnson, who is gay and single, “is a homosexual who is married to another man,” NY1 reported.
Yesterday Johnson said that Diaz Sr. should step down for making an inflammatory remark about the gay community, Page Six reported. “I think he should resign. It’s not up to me, but I think what he said is totally unacceptable,” Johnson said during a press briefing in Albany where he and NYS State Assembly speaker Carl E. Heastie claimed to have come to a city budget agreement with the state.
Earlier this month Johnson announced his intention to explore a run for mayor in NYC.
Governor Andrew Cuomo said the councilman [Diaz] deserves to be punished for his “outrageous” statement. “If he should be sanctioned… I think it would be justified. But it’s up to Corey Johnson,” Cuomo said.
Photo above: Johnson and Speaker of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie.
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Out NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson Tells Ruben Diaz Sr. He Should Resign For Homophobic Remarks
Marriage Equality, Edie Windsor Get the ‘Drunk History’ Treatment
LGBTQ icons Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer are immortalized in this exclusive clip from Comedy Central.
www.advocate.com/television/2019/2/12/marriage-equality-edie-windsor-get-drunk-history-treatment
Chris Pratt calls for “less hate” as he defends his homophobic church
Chris Pratt’s comments last week about belonging to the vehemently antigay Hillsong Church have caused quite a stir.
L.A. Rams’ Male Cheerlader Napolean Jinnies Talks About Being Gay And Bullied Growing Up
In a moving personal essay on Refinery 129 L.A. Rams’ Napoleon Jinnies talks about growing up gay in his sports oriented family and his excitement when he saw Quinton Peron at his audition, “There was an instant understanding of the situation for both of us. Most auditions are high intensity — it’s everyone gunning for a spot and nobody in the room is your friend. For us, it was this excitement that there were two boys there. We went into this holding hands.”
A few weeks ago the duo were cheered in their first ever Super Bowl.
They were the first male cheerleaders to do so.
Last August, Jesse Hernandez made history when he took the field for the New Orleans Saints Saintsations dance squad.
Napolean talked about his “glam” regime and the origin of his YouTube channel and his life long interest in make-up: “It never really crossed my mind if my advisors would have a problem with me wearing this full, blown-out smoky eye. My coach never looked at me or treated me differently from the girls. Quinton and I get everything the girls get, even if we don’t necessarily need it, like press-on nails and lashes. That made me even more excited for games, like, How am I going to play up the makeup with the uniform this time?
Watch Jinnies latest YouTube episode below.
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L.A. Rams’ Cheerleader Napoleon Jinnies Talks About Being Gay And Bullied Growing Up
HRC Calls on Congress to Advance the FAMILY Act
HRC called on Congress to advance the FAMILY Act — critically important legislation that would establish the nation’s first-ever federal insurance program for paid family and medical leave. Reintroduced in Congress today by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), the LGBTQ-inclusive measure would ensure employees have access to 12 weeks of partial income if they take time off for their health, a health problem of a child, parent, spouse or domestic partner, the birth or adoption of a child, or military caregiving and leave purposes.
In 2018, the HRC Foundation released a report detailing the results of a groundbreaking nationwide survey of LGBTQ people that revealed an urgent need for inclusive, employer-paid family and medical leave. Only 45 percent of respondents reported that their employers offer leave policies — paid or unpaid — that are inclusive of LGBTQ families and identities. And, when compared to the overall U.S. population surveyed in a recent Pew Research poll, LGBTQ respondents reported heightened concerns about accessing leave, citing potential loss of income and adverse workplace outcomes from having to disclose their LGBTQ identities through leave requests.
“American workers are too often forced to choose between their jobs and the well-being of their families, because taking paid leave is simply not an option,” said HRC Government Affairs Director David Stacy. “The FAMILY Act would establish a national program providing peace of mind to all families — including LGBTQ families — and bring family and medical leave policies into the 21st century. We are thankful for Rep. DeLauro and Sen. Gillibrand’s leadership on this issue, and we urge Congress to advance this critically important legislation.”
Currently, only 13 percent of the workforce receives paid family leave from their employer, and less than 40 percent have personal medical leave from a disability program provided through their workplace.
In addition, LGBTQ families face higher rates of poverty than the overall public, and inclusive paid leave would help ensure these families will not have to risk their economic livelihood when needing to take time off to care for loved ones. In fact, families that are headed by same-sex couples earn on average $15,000 less than a family headed by different-sex couples. Children who are raised by same-sex couples, compared to those who are raised by different-sex couples, are twice as likely to be in poverty.
For the estimated 1.8 million LGBTQ people of color in the American workforce, racial bias and discrimination can further limit access to paid parental, family care and medical leave. Without paid leave, the HRC Foundation survey found 67 percent of respondents of color fear that someday they will have to choose between their loved ones and their jobs. This includes 71 percent of Latinx respondents, the highest of any ethnoracial identity group.
No matter the size of the business, workers would still be protected by the FAMILY Act. In addition, the protections are expansive to make sure younger, part-time, lower wage, and contingent workers would qualify for benefits. Funding for the new benefit would come from employer and employee contributions, estimated for the average worker at around $1.50 per week.
www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-calls-on-congress-to-advance-family-act?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed
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